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    EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

    I have a picture I want to post of a chick possibly in trouble but I can't figure out how. Is this the right spot even?
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    Do I need to help these chicks hatch? Help it's my first hatch!

    Ok! I thought it was an incomplete attempt at pipping because my previous 5 had all broken the membrane and shell and the beaks were visible, these have broken the shell but NOT the membrane underneath, that's ok? I'm also wondering how they're breathing (I know they are because I hear very...
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    Do I need to help these chicks hatch? Help it's my first hatch!

    Would you call this pipping? All the ones that hatched before my incubator ran dry pipped with their beaks coming through the shell. These are just barely cracked. Several ppl have suggested opening a small hole so they can breathe but that's what I did to the one who was going through this...
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    Do I need to help these chicks hatch? Help it's my first hatch!

    ThANK You Sooooooo Much Jet! I know I messed up by letting the water run out in the wells the other day but can they bounce back now that the humidity is back to 65? I was trying to do the right thing by mot opening the incubator but now I know that water must be added daily!
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    Do I need to help these chicks hatch? Help it's my first hatch!

    Sorry there's the picture^
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    Do I need to help these chicks hatch? Help it's my first hatch!

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    Do I need to help these chicks hatch? Help it's my first hatch!

    How long do chicks typically stay at this stage? I'm worried because the day before yesterday my incubator ran out of water (don't know for how long) and hatching was goig well before that but ever since I've had to help one that couldn't get unzipped and then yesterday I lost one :"( it was...
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    Incubator too dry, chicks trying to hatch!

    I'm a first time incubator user and afraid I may have messed up bad! Wasn't planning to use the incubator but mom chicken abandoned some eggs, long story but they've been hatching two a day just like they were laid two a day So I've been trying not to open the incubator so didn't open it all day...
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    Roundworms ? dewormer that's safe for hens laying eggs for us to eat

    Thanks! Are you saying use either safe guard OR Valbazen? Or do both?I'm sure she has roundworms because I saw them in the poop but it sounds like you're saying cover all the worms because they may have others I'm not seeing, correct?
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    Roundworms ? dewormer that's safe for hens laying eggs for us to eat

    I feel like I'm posting a lot lately and thanks for all the advice! So today I saw a large worm (dead) in the poop of my hen who's sitting on eggs. Went to the grain store and they sold me Wazine 17 but when I got home I read the bottle and it says not for chickens producing eggs for human...
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    Anyone know how to use this (Hova-bator incubator and egg turner) or where to find manual?

    My father in law let me borrow this but he doesn't know how to use it and doesn't have the instructions either. I'm new to owning chickens and have no clue how to do this. I think I'll be needing it in a week. I have a chicken sitting on 20 eggs. I didn't realize that there was two other hens...
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    Is this damage from being pecked or a disease?

    Thank you guys so much! I watched closely today how the roosters grab onto the hens and they do grab with their claws right in that exact same area. So now I'm sure that's the problem and I took all the roosters out and put them in the shed , my poor hens! I also added DE to the coop and the...
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    Is this damage from being pecked or a disease?

    Coach723, I have several roosters (about half and half in my flock) and yes they bite the hens when mating if that's what topped means. They always seem to bite them on the head/neck area though and this is only on her wings. I've considered separating the roosters from the hens because I don't...
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    Is this damage from being pecked or a disease?

    I have no idea! I'm new to this. I did treat the coop with diatomacious earth a couple times but not the last time I cleaned it a few days ago. I'm going to do that then for sure. Any advice on what to look for as far as bugs would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!
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    Is this damage from being pecked or a disease?

    I just posted here last night because a seemingly healthy bird just curled up and died in the coop yesterday now I noticed this on one of my chickens! They don't fight and I've never seen anyone pecking
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